My top 5 Hip Hop albums from each major region (one per artist), and yes I realize its more detailed than this in terms of regions of Hip Hop but I'm generalizing here. So which region wins? Honestly I can't fucking decide.

personal preference for the durty's best records compared to my home region, but I think the East just has too many undeniable classics and a superb consistency through the years for it not to be considered the best. So far.

Yeah the Hip Hop explosion of the 90's pretty much started on the West Coast with OG Original Gangsta, The Chronic and Doggystyle in 91-93, then East went nuts in late 93-94/95 and took over, and this was right around the time the South started rising too. Meanwhile, West fell off a little with the demise of Death Row Records.